Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Developer

Developer-focused Google Cloud certification prep

This intermediate-level program is built for developers who already work with cloud platforms and want to formalize that knowledge toward the Google Cloud Developer certification. It's noticeably API-centric — covering the Cloud API itself, application programming interfaces more broadly, and the access-control layer (IAM and role-based access control) that every real cloud application has to get right.

Who it's for

Software developers who've built applications but not necessarily deployed or secured them on Google Cloud specifically will find this the most useful. It isn't an introduction to programming — the intermediate rating and API/IAM focus assume you can already write code and just need the cloud-specific pieces: storage, user accounts, and permissions.

• Cloud API design and usage patterns
• Identity and access management with role-based access control
• Cloud storage and user account management on GCP

With around 22,700 learners, it's one of the more niche entries in Google's certification-prep lineup — squarely for developers.